The Wicksteeds are obsessed by sex

OTTERSHAW Players drama group is holding an open audition on Wednesday January 25 for parts in its production of Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus to be performed at the Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking from June 7 to 10.

The play concerns the Wicksteed family and their acquaintances in a genteel south-coast town. It’s the permissive society of the early 1970s and each character is obsessed with sex or lack of it. Dr Arthur Wicksteed lusts after gorgeous young Felicity, who wants to marry the doctor’s son, Dennis. Arthur’s sister Connie, wishes she had a bigger chest and Arthur’s wife Muriel, learns her old flame Sir Percy Shorter is in town. Connie’s fiancee, Canon Throbbing, the local vicar, tries to persuade her to marry him sooner rather than later. Ottershaw Players will be holding the audition at 8pm at the Ottershaw Players’ Hut near Hare Hill Social Club, Ledger Drive, Addlestone.